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Name derivation:

Classification:

Ceratoneis Ehrenberg, 1839;  2 of 71 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014).

Order Fragilariales;  Family Fragilariaceae

 

Morphology:

 

Similar genera:

Cylindrotheca  Rabenhorst  1859.

 

Habitat:

Marine plankton.

 

References:

Ehrenberg, C.G.  1839.  Über jetzt wirklich noch zahlreich lebende Thier-Arten der Kreideformation der Erde. Ber. Bekanntm.  Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1839: 152-159.

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry  2014.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 December 2012.